Family Violence Counsellor

1 week ago


Parramatta, Australia Tradewind Australia Full time

Contract Type:
- Permanent- Location:
- Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia- Industry:
- Social Work- Salary:
- Salary packaging + Superannuation- Start Date:
- 01/02/2024- Reference:
- BBBH323338_1706852644- Contact Name:
- Sydney Team- Job Published:
- Feb 02, 2024Family Violence Counsellor / Practitioner - Sydney region

Salary - $93,000-$95,000 (depending on experience) + Super + Salary packaging

Job Summary: Counsellors with experience working within the domestic and family violence sector with a focus on providing counselling advisory and a referral service to local and longer-term support services

1. Permanent contract and casual locum opportunities available
- 3. Work with leading not for profit organisations or local councils

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave including bonus leave, career break and paid parental leave
- Flexible working arrangements
- Portable Long Service Leave
- EAP for employees and family

Our client is a part of a fulfilling and passionate workplace who are industry leaders in working to end the use of family violence by developing and advocating for change in the community. They provide you with a range of training and professional development to help you progress your career through work that is rewarding and meaningful within the community.

About the Role:
The organisation we are representing is looking for a Family Violence Counsellor / Practitioner based in the Sydney region.

Recruiting experienced counsellors to join a multi-disciplinary team. This role will support the incoming referrals as well as self-referred individuals, assessing risk and triaging appropriately for the Intake and Assessment team. There are both permanent ongoing and casual locum positions available.
- Key duties:

- Provide professional family violence counselling and advisory support services
- Provide referral information to enable clients and others to access other local, community-based support services where required.
- Provide secondary consultation services to frontline workers seeking secondary consultation and support.
- Use professional risk assessment and best practice when engaging with clients and engage appropriate risk management follow-up
- Ensure all cases are managed professionally, are accurate and the records up-to
- date and entered into the relevant CRM data base

Skills & Experience:

- A tertiary qualification in Social Work, Counselling or Psychology.
- Specialist knowledge and skills, including intake and risk assessment. Prior experience providing family violence services is highly desirable.
- A demonstrated understanding of the social and gendered context of family violence and the impact of violence on women and children.
- Understanding of legislation, risk management and reforms pertaining to the family violence sector.
- Experience in the delivery of counselling or case management services either face to face or over the telephone.

You will also have or be willing to undergo a Police Check and in some cases a Working with Children Check.
- Desired Skills & Experience:

- Legal entitlement to work in Australia.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Problem Solving Skills.

How to apply:

TRADEWIND AUSTRALIA AND THE ORGANISATIONS WE REPRESENT ARE PROUD TO BE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYERS.



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